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Aurivilliusite: Hg+Hg++OI
Comments: Dark reddish brown aurivilliusite-bearing ‘splattered’ patch on quartz. Location: Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: See Image. © Mineralogical Magazine
Aurorite: (Mn,Ag,Ca)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O)
Comments: Brown, dendritic aurorite in white calcite. Location: Aurora Mine, Hamilton, White Pine County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Aurostibite: AuSb2 Criddleite: TlAg2Au3Sb10S10
Comments: B&W polished section image of criddleite (grey) surrounding and penetrating aurostibite (white) within quartz gangue. (MinMag, v52:691). Location: Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image. © Mineralogical Magazine
Austinite: CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Green, spherulitic clusters of austinite crystals. Location: Gold Hill mine, Deep Creek Mts., Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Autunite: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12(H2O)
Comments: Fluorescent, tabular to platy, yellow green autunite crystals on matrix. Location: Margnac, Haute Vienne, France. Scale: 1 cm. © John Veevaert
Autunite: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12(H2O) Meta-autunite: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·2-6(H2O)
Comments: Corner of a meta-autunite crystal showing the dehydration of autunite (dark green) to meta-autunite (lighter yellowish green).. Location: Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington, U.S.A.. Scale: See Image. © Paul M. Schumacher
Avdoninite: K2Cu5Cl8(OH)4·H2O
Comments: Aggregates of green avdoninite crystals. Location: Blyava Cu Mine, Southern Urals, Russia. Scale: Specimen size 1.5 x 2 cm. © Diederik Visser
Avicennite: Tl2O3
Comments: Grayish black polished crystals on microprobe sample mount. Location: Thallium Prospect, Little Valley, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Avogadrite: (K,Cs)BF4 Ferruccite: NaBF4
Comments: Very small, white crystals of ferrite on massive, yellowish avogadrite. Location: Vesuvius, Naples, Naples province, Campania, Italy. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Avogadrite: (K,Cs)BF4 Malladrite: Na2SiF6
Comments: Botryoidal pinkish-white avogadrite with yellow malladrite. Location: Eruption of 1926, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species